1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - allow mutation of body() in Catalyst::Request
5 - Don't ignore file uploads if form contains a text field with the same name.
7 - Support restart_delay of 0 (for use in the POE engine).
10 5.7006 2006-11-03 14.18
12 - Fix Slurp dependency
13 - Updated HTTP::Body dependency to 0.6, 0.5 can break on large POST requests.
14 - Skip utf8 fix for undef values in uri_with() and uri_for()
16 5.7005 2006-11-07 19:37:35
17 - Fixed lighttpd tests to be properly skipped.
18 - Moved IE workarounds to exist only in the HTTP engine.
19 - Added installation instructions (from Catalyst-Manual dist)
21 5.7004 2006-11-06 20:48:35
22 - Fix Engine::HTTP crash when using IE. (Jesper Krogh, Peter Edwards)
23 - clean up Catalyst::Utils to handle some edge cases
24 - Properly work around lighttpd PATH_INFO vs. SCRIPT_NAME bug
26 - add _application accessor to Catalyst::Base
27 - Support current_view
28 - Allow use of Catalyst::Test without app name (Ton Voon, Altinity)
29 - Catalyst::Manual moved to its own package
30 - Add option to FastCGI engine to send errors to stdout, not the web server
31 - Use Module::Install's auto_install to install prerequisite modules
32 - various documentation fixes and improvements
34 5.7003 2006-09-21 16:29:45
35 - Additions and updates to tutorial
37 5.7002 2006-09-17 19:35:32
38 - unescape captures to match args
39 - fix for relative Chained under namespace '' (root)
40 - fix for hashrefs in action attributes from config
41 - fix for Chained to require correct number of CaptureArgs
43 5.7001 2006-07-19 23:46:54
44 - fix for component loading
45 - uri_for and uri_with now behave as they used to with non-
48 5.7000 2006-07-07 08:08:08
49 - fix FCGI.pm warning message with FastCGI engine
50 - bumped inc::Module::Install to 0.63 in Makefile.PL
51 - fixes to uri_for_action for DispatchType::Chained
54 - Changed catalyst.pl to depend on Catalyst::Devel
56 5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
57 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
58 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
60 5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
63 5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
65 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
66 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
67 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
68 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
69 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
70 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
71 Module::Pluggable::Object
72 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
73 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
74 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
75 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
76 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
77 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
78 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
79 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
80 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
81 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
82 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
83 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
84 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
85 - Added ActionClass attribute
86 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
87 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
88 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
89 - cleaned up logging and debug output
90 - significant documentation revisions
91 - Added warning for setup being called twice
92 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
93 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
97 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
98 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
100 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
101 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
103 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
104 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
105 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
108 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
109 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
111 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
113 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
115 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
116 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
117 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
118 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
120 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
121 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
123 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
124 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
125 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
126 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
127 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
128 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
129 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
130 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
131 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
132 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
133 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
134 to more sane settings.
135 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
136 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
137 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
138 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
139 (stress tests run 12% faster)
140 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
142 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
143 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
144 - Cleaned generated tests
145 - Added Root controller concept
146 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
148 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
149 - Added plugin introspection.
150 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
151 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
152 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
154 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
155 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
156 was not run. (Eric Wong)
157 - Cleaned up generated tests
158 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
159 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
160 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
161 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
163 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
164 - Updated prereq versions
166 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
167 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
168 - Added YAML config support
169 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
170 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
171 correct execution order.
172 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
173 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
174 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
175 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
176 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
177 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
178 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
180 - Exceptions now return status 500.
181 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
182 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
183 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
184 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
185 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
186 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
187 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
189 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
190 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
192 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
193 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
194 including those that attach to /
195 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
196 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
197 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
198 using $c->req->params('foo').
199 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
201 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
202 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
203 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
204 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
205 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
206 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
208 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
209 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
210 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
211 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
212 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
213 - Improved PAR support
214 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
215 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
216 - Static::Simple changes:
217 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
219 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
220 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
222 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
223 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
224 - Switched to Module::Install
225 - Renamed tests for easier editing
226 - Reformatted documentation
227 - Renamed -nonew to -force
229 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
231 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
233 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
234 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
235 request. (Sam Vilain)
236 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
237 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
238 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
239 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
241 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
242 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
244 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
245 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
247 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
248 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
251 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
252 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
254 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
255 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
257 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
261 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
262 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
263 - Fixed args handling in forward()
264 - Fixed forwarding to classes
265 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
266 - Fixed relative forwarding
267 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
269 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
270 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
273 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
274 - Improved format of startup debug log.
275 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
276 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
277 if the browser is closed.
278 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
279 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
281 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
282 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
283 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
284 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
285 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
286 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
288 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
289 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
290 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
291 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
292 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
293 parent app is shut down.
294 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
296 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
297 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
298 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
300 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
302 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
303 - Whole new dispatcher!
305 - Added path_to method
306 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
308 - Added a new welcome screen.
309 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
310 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
311 - Added self restarting test server
312 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
313 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
314 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
315 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
316 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
317 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
319 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
320 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
321 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
322 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
324 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
325 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
327 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
328 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
331 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
332 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
333 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
334 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
335 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
336 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
338 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
339 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
340 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
341 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
342 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
343 kill loggging for a whole request.
344 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
345 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
346 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
347 coverage and maintainability.
348 - Added fork support to built in test server.
349 - Fixed all memory leaks.
350 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
351 core to be thread-safe.
352 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
354 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
355 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
356 - Improved documentation
357 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
358 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
359 action. (Andy Grundman)
360 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
362 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
363 - Now with updated manifest.
365 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
366 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
368 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
370 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
371 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
372 - added arguments for detach
373 - new credits section in pod
374 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
375 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
377 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
379 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
381 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
382 - Fix for inheritance bug.
383 - Allow forward with arguments.
385 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
386 - make module build cons README automatically.
387 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
388 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
389 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
390 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
391 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
392 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
393 - added $c->request->cookie
394 - added Catalyst::Setup
395 - refactored Catalyst::import()
396 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
397 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
398 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
400 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
401 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
402 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
404 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
405 - improved base locating in MP engines
406 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
407 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
408 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
410 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
411 - fixed a bug in https detection
412 - fixed auto chain finally
413 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
415 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
416 - improved uploads and parameters
417 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
418 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
419 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
420 - fixed win32 installer
421 - added deep recursion detection
423 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
424 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
425 in Path and Regex attributes
426 - new helper templates
427 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
428 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
429 instance (not the same app!)
431 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
432 - added support for MP registry scripts
433 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
434 - added SpeedyCGI engine
436 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
437 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
438 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
439 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
440 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
441 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
442 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
443 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
444 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
445 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
447 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
448 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
449 - added Plugins chapter to manual
450 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
451 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
452 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
453 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
454 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
455 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
456 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
458 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
461 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
462 - some documentation bugs fixed
463 - added Catalyst::Utils
464 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
465 - fixed upload bug with MP19
466 - added $c->req->body
467 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
468 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
470 - extended attribute handling
471 - added global config for components
473 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
474 - new core to support inheritance trees
475 - new syntax for action declaration
476 - new helper system using TT2
477 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
478 - added Test::Pod support
479 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
480 - added option to run tests against a remote server
481 - renamed errors() to error()
483 - countless minor improvements
484 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
485 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
487 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
488 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
489 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
490 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
491 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
493 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
494 - updated helper scripts
495 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
496 the script directory. We promise!
498 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
499 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
500 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
501 - removed cgi-server.pl
502 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
503 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
504 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
505 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
507 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
508 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
510 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
511 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
512 - previous release was borked!
513 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
515 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
516 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
517 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
518 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
519 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
520 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
521 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
522 - updated helper scripts
523 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
524 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
526 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
527 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
528 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
530 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
532 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
533 - debug message for parameters
534 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
536 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
537 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
539 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
540 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
542 - more debug messages
545 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
546 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
547 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
549 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
550 - updated cookbook example
551 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
553 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
554 - no more regex actions in forward
555 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
557 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
558 - catch errors in application class
559 - handle die properly.
561 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
564 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
565 - moved bin to script
567 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
568 - improved documentation
569 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
572 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
573 - server_base sucks, removed
574 - added $c->log->dump()
576 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
577 - removed some warnings
579 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
581 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
583 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
584 - improved documentation
586 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
587 - fixed more little bugs
589 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
590 - improved documentation
591 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
593 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
594 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
595 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
596 !?default, !?begin and !?end
597 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
598 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
601 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
602 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
603 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
605 - improved documentation for actions
607 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
608 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
609 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
611 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
612 - error reporting for app class
613 - no more engine debug messages
614 - class->method forwards get resolved now
616 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
617 - friendlier statistics
619 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
620 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
622 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
625 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
626 - real version number for CPAN.pm
627 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
628 - more statistics in debug logs
629 - ? prefix for forward()
631 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
632 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
633 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
635 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
636 - added ? for prefixed actions
639 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
640 - arguments for _default
641 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
642 - added $c->req->method
644 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
645 - POD fixes and improvements
647 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
648 - first development release